Chapter 570

Chapter 570: Surrounding the Alliance

“There is no doubt that we have a mole from the Great Flame Empire among us!”

The Leader of the Giant Ant Tribe gritted his teeth and said, “We must root out this mole.”

The strongest members and High-ranking Leaders all nodded in agreement.

Finding the mole was not only to relieve their frustrations but also to clear obstacles in repelling the Great Flame Empire’s forces.

If they didn’t identify the mole, the movements and decisions of the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes would be fully exposed to the high-ranking Military officials of the Great Flame Empire.

With no secrets left, every move would be monitored by the enemy, which would be extremely detrimental to their future battle plans.

“Since everyone has no objections, let’s start with the sixteen strongest members.”

The Leader of the Giant Ant Tribe suggested, “You fifteen strongest members can begin by checking me.”

With that, he took out the Space Stone inside his body, along with various treasures.

He then also retrieved the communication stone within the Space Stone.

Given the seriousness of this matter, the fifteen strongest members had no hesitation and moved forward to invade the Leader of the Giant Ant Tribe’s body with their Perception Ability.

After confirming that there were no treasures or communication stones inside him, they began to split up and quickly check the contents of the Leader of the Giant Ant Tribe’s communication stone, as well as the resources and treasures in the Space Stone to see if there were any other communication stones mixed in.

After their inspections, they confirmed that everything was fine.

Then they turned to check the second strongest member.

Third, fourth, fifth…

Once all sixteen strongest members had been thoroughly checked and found to have no issues, they began to inspect the other strong members.

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“Can you believe they even have time to investigate who the mole is? They still don’t realize how strong our human army truly is!”

Receiving news from the Intelligence Organization about the situation at the command center of the sixteen tribes, War City and the senior leaders appeared somewhat strange.

In their view, the command center of the sixteen tribes should have been busy figuring out how to withdraw smoothly.

Instead, they were preoccupied with searching for a mole.

It was clear they had no awareness that all hope was lost, believing that even if the vanguard was utterly defeated, they still had fighting strength and a chance of victory.

This was undeniably great news for the Great Flame Empire’s army.

Because of this, the encirclement plan would proceed more smoothly.

“Then it seems we don’t need to rush into a strong offensive!”

War City immediately took out the communication stone and contacted the vanguard’s Commander Guli, informing her not to rush into an attack, and to slowly push forward and accelerate the encirclement plan.

Upon receiving the notification, Guli issued her orders.

The Second Legion, Third Legion, and Fifth Legion of the human army all began to withdraw toward the larger army.

These human warriors, just like the previous First Legion, took out their flying treasures, filled them with soldiers from various tribes, and began to circle around the armies of the sixteen tribes.

The only difference was that the Fifth Legion broke into smaller groups, forming several small teams to act as reinforcements, responsible for quickly supporting those under heavy attack during the breakout of the sixteen tribes’ army.

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“There is something wrong. We just received news that the Great Flame Empire’s forces have begun to gather around our army.”

In the command center of the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes, one of the High-ranking Leaders from the Cangyu Tribe suddenly spoke up as the strongest members continued to rapidly check the leaders of various tribes.

“The Great Flame Empire’s forces are gathering nearby?”

The strongest members of the sixteen tribes and the High-ranking Leaders mulled over this statement.

After a moment, their faces turned pale with shock.

“Are they trying to surround us?”

“With what are they planning to surround us?”

“No, no, could that unknown race from the Great Flame Empire also be splitting into four groups?”

They finally realized they had fallen into a misunderstanding.

Just as the High-ranking Military officials of the Great Flame Empire had expected, the Alliance was busy searching for the mole, thinking that even though the vanguard had faced utter defeat, their chance of victory was completely lost.

However, this did not mean that the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes had no chance of winning.

Their greatest advantage was that the Alliance still held the power of numbers.

The Great Flame Empire’s army consisted of only 2.5 billion.

Meanwhile, the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes had nearly 4 billion elite troops at their disposal.

Most importantly, the Great Flame Empire’s long-range attacking army had only a million troops.

Although they were incredibly powerful, their numbers were still small.

The Poxin Tribe could use their mental energy to create an energy shield, which could easily withstand the attacks from this long-range army.

At the very least, the strongest members and High-ranking Leaders of the sixteen tribes could not think of a way to defeat the Great Flame Empire’s army in the short term, but they confidently believed it would not be difficult to remain in an undefeated position.

They never considered retreating, nor did they think that the Great Flame Empire would attempt to surround the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes.

Firstly, because of their insufficient numbers, and secondly, such a move would only further divide the forces of the long-range attacking army.

Previously, they were too focused on the presence of a mole among their leaders and the potential threat it posed.

Now that they learned the Great Flame Empire was adopting a strategy to surround them, a realization struck them.

Although the Great Flame Empire’s long-range attacking army would be divided into several smaller groups, thereby reducing its overall strength to about one-fourth, this division would also hide their true power, allowing their fire laws to reach ten times their normal capacity.

If they successfully surrounded the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes and minimized the surrounding area as much as possible, even with just a couple hundred thousand troops, they could still hold the Alliance in check, rendering them unable to move.

After all, no matter how many soldiers the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes had, if the space for attack was limited, they would still be unable to exert their full advantage.

“Leader of the Cangyu Tribe, immediately notify the Cangyu army to form an assault unit and create a gap in the back.”

The Leader of the Giant Ant Tribe reacted first, saying, “The army quickly shifts direction and follows the assault unit formed by the Cangyu Tribe to escape the Great Flame Empire’s encirclement.”

“Understood!”

The Leader of the Cangyu Tribe didn’t hesitate and immediately implemented the Leader of the Giant Ant Tribe’s suggestion.

The strongest members of various tribes wasted no time, swiftly issuing orders for the army to turn around.

They all understood that the most crucial thing now was to escape from the Great Flame Empire’s encirclement as quickly as possible while it had yet to take full form.

One command after another flowed from the command center.

Numerous troops from the Cangyu Tribe, leveraging their speed, dashed out of the army and headed rapidly toward the west.

The main forces of the sixteen tribes were also turning around quickly.

To the west, the Great Flame Empire’s forces were still reorganizing their formation.

But among them, 200,000 warriors from humanity were already poised and slowly moving forward to pressure the army of the sixteen tribes, gradually tightening the encirclement.

When tens of millions of Cangyu troops approached within thirty kilometers of attack range, the human army began to slow their advance.

With a command from their leader, a vast sea of flames rushed toward the Cangyu army.

Without any treasures to withstand the power of the fire laws, even though the sea of flames was not as powerful as a fire dragon, it was still not something the Cangyu warriors could resist.

Apart from a few strong members of the Cangyu Tribe, ordinary Cangyu soldiers who ventured close to the thirty-kilometer attack range could not escape being consumed by the flames, unable to flee, and ending up reduced to ashes.

A few strong members of the Cangyu Tribe could merely rely on their powerful energy shields to retreat from the sea of flames.

The assault units formed by the Cangyu Tribe only succeeded in slowing the advance of the human army but could not truly stop them.

Nor could they delay the assembly of the troops from various tribes in the rear.